How the Day Works
Hosts & Home Teams™ is a working lab, not a passive conference. Every hour is designed to move from shared clarity to usable output. You will not sit and listen all day. You will contribute, test ideas, build language, and leave with tools that travel beyond this room.
8:00 – 9:00
Arrival + The Hallway
Coffee, check in, and the walls are already talking.
Real issues, mapped. QR codes take you straight to the friction points behind DMO and STR tension.
Outcome: You walk in cold. You leave this hour already seeing patterns.
9:00 – 9:20
Opening: Why We’re Here
Quick. Direct.
What this room is. What it isn’t.
What we are trying to get to by the end of the day.
Outcome: You know exactly what you are here to solve. No confusion. No fluff.
9:20 – 10:30
Stage Fireside: System Orientation
A moderated, rotating conversation with voices from across the system.
DMOs, STR operators, partners, policy.
Just people saying what it actually looks like from where they sit.
Outcome: You hear the gaps in real time. No filters. No decks.
10:30 – 11:00
Pause + Pattern Check
Move around. Grab something tasty. Talk it out.
Outcome: The dots start connecting. You are not just hearing things. You are seeing themes.
11:00 – 12:00
7-Minute Spotlights
Real case studies of things that worked. Partnerships, integrations, tools.
No pitches. No fluff.
Outcome: You leave with proof. Not ideas. Examples you can actually use.
12:00 – 1:00
Cross-Functional Lunch
Sit by the problem you care about, not your job title.
Talk like humans. Eat something good.
Outcome: You meet the people you will actually want to follow up with.
1:00 – 1:45
Let’s Clear Some Things Up
Short, straight conversations:
- Housing and STRs. What is real versus what gets repeated
- Taxes and “fair share.” What is actually happening
- The idea that marketing fixes everything. It does not
- Regulation. Where it helps and where it backfires
Outcome: You drop the bad assumptions that slow everything down.
Afternoon: Do the Work (Build Something You Can Use)
1:45 – 3:15
Breakouts (Pick Your Lane)
Four focused working groups:
Identity
Who owns what now.
Where it breaks.
Shared Data
What we need to see.
What is missing.
Promotion
Who benefits from demand.
Who is funding it.
Community Health
(including regulation)
What keeps this livable and viable at the same time.
Each group works from a simple structure:
A few principles
Something usable
Language people will not roll their eyes at
Outcome: You help build something practical. Not theoretical.
3:15 – 3:30
Cookies are for Closers
Quick sugar break, you’ve earned it
3:30 – 4:45
Now What
What you take back: a reveal of the working room’s structures and discussion.
What could you implement next week?
Outcome: You leave with next steps you can actually act on.
5:00 – 7:00
Drink. Exhale. Be normal again.
Outcome: You will still be talking about this later.